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It is not generally known that the brewing of ale or beer
was carried out in the Strath
long before they started to produce the uisge beatha or whisky .
According to Porteous , it was in 1275 that
Luke , son of Theobold of Petlandy near Fowlis Wester , gave to the
Abbot and Convent of Inchaffray “ the
brew house of the whole land of Petlandy with the rights of the brew house “
Oats were the principal grain grown in the Strath in the 13th
Century and it was written about Scotland as a whole that “ From the multitude of
brewhouses with which every division of the Kingdom appears to have been
studded , from the Royal manufactories
of ale down to those in the towns, burghs , baronies and villages , it
is evident that this beverage must have been consumed in great quantities “
We cannot be specific
as to when brewing first commenced in Crieff . Reference to documentation concerned
with the aftermath of the 1745
Uprising in Strathearn is informative . Produced in 1748 , “Th…

It's Been Three Years of Crieff & Strathearn Local History Blogs ! 23 February 2015

Incredible that in three years well over 100 " Blogs " have been posted on this web site . I would like to share with you some facts and figures , both about my wee " blog" and about me myself ! How many Blogs have you actually posted ?Including this one some 133 have been posted starting on the 26 February 2012 .How many " hits " have you had in that time ?To datesome 54 000 have been recorded averaging approximately 1500 per month although in the last year it has climbed to an average of over 2 000 . Do you know where these viewers come from?Thanks to the Google technology I can analyse viewing statistics quite easily , by day, week , month or overall . In the three years we have been on the Net the " top ten " countries have been : 1. United Kingdom 23 3662. USA 11 5573. Germany 6 3494. France …

Kildrummie Station near Methven NB The following is extracted from The Scottish Central Railway Perth to
Stirling by Peter Marshall published by
The Oakwood Press , 1998 ( Ref ISBN 0 85361 522 )HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Perth was an important port and market town for the region but during the depression of the 1830s its
citizens had been unsuccessful in raising support for a railway to improve
communication with the more populous regions to the south. The mid 1840s saw
the return of affluence with good harvests in 1842 and 1843 when there was said
to be 25 million pounds in inactive capital in the London Stock Exchange
bringing about a widespread investment in the new form of transport unfolding throughout
the country . Local gentry and merchants began to see the the advantages of Perth’s situation on a
prospective line from London
to the north of Scotland.
With their support emerged a revived line between Dundee
and Perth and another western neighbour , the …

Retired part time lecturer at Perth College and former rugby correspondent to our local paper the Strathearn Herald .Former President and a Honorary Member of Crieff & Strathearn Rugby Club. Written 4 books on the local history of Strathearn .